Days of Misery

December 24, 2008

Johnny Hanson/Houston Chronicle

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Left out | Madelaine Carter had gone a week and a half without lights or air conditioning in her apartment on the northwest side of the city. A few doors away, though, neighbors had electricity. "Sometimes I feel like I'm going crazy," she said. | Sept. 23 | Houston

Johnny Hanson/Houston Chronicle

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Left out | Madelaine Carter had gone a week and a half without lights or air conditioning in her apartment on the northwest side of the city. A few doors away, though, neighbors had electricity. "Sometimes I feel like I'm going crazy," she said. | Sept. 23 | Houston